document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=655819>Question 655819</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> one of two supplementary angles is 30 degrees less than the other. Find the measure of the larger angle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we know supplementary angles add up to 180 degrees then we can maek up the following equation: Let x represent an angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x-30)=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms and subtract 30:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So one angle is 75 degrees and the other is 105 degrees. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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